APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 937 
No. 238. 
Sir G. Baden-Powell to the Marquis of Salisbury.—(Received,March 10.) 
(Telegraphic. ] 
WASHINGTON, March 9, 1892. 
With reference to the modus vivendi, I am of opinion that the taking 
of one season’s limited crop cannot injure the seal herd, but that, 
although not necessary, the renewal of last year’s prohibition and the 
7,500 limit would be beneficial. 
As the Arbitration Convention conditions ocean rights, I hope that 
the Canadian Government has warned the British Columbian sealers 
that the ultimate ownership of the seals taken this year in Behring’s 
Sea depends upon the verdict of the Arbitrators. 
The alternatives for the sealers appear to be either to incur the expense 
of the catch subject to this risk, or to forego, without compensation, 
one season’s catch of, say, 20,000 (in Behring’s Sea), on condition that 
7,500 instead of 30,000 are taken on the islands, increased numbers of 
seals in future seasons, and enhanced prices for this spring, being also 
insured by such restrictions. 
156 No. 239. 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received March 14.) 
WASHINGTON, March 4, 1892. 
My Lorp: I have the honour to inclose herewith the Behring’s Sea 
Arbitration Convention, which was signed by Mr. Blaine and myself 
on the 29th February. 
I have, &e. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE, 
[Inclosure in No. 239.] 
Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for Arbitration concerning 
the Seal Fisheries in Behring’s Sea. Signed at Washington, February 29, 1892. 
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 
the United States of America, being desirous to provide for an amicable settlement 
of the questions which have arisen between their respective Governments concerning 
the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of Behring’s Sea, and con- 
cerning also the preservation of the fur-seal in or habitually resorting to the said 
sea, and the rights of the citizens and subjects of either country as regards the taking 
of fur-seal in or habitually resorting to the said waters, have resolved to submit to 
arbitration the questions involved, and to the end of concluding a Convention for 
that purpose have appointed as their respective Plenipotentiaries : 
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir 
Julian Pauncefote, G. C. M. G., K. C. B., Her Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and 
Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States; and the President of the United 
States of America, James G. Blaine, Secretary of State of the United States; 
Who, after having communicated to each other their respective Full Powers, which 
were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following 
Articles: 
ARTICLE I. 
The questions which have arisen between the Government of Her Britannic Majesty 
and the Government of the United States cencerning the jurisdictional rights of the 
United States in the waters of Behring’s Sea, and concerning also the preservation 
